4o8 Tucker Brooke, 



ance of the Jezv of Malta at Williams in 1909 was commemorated 

 by the publication of a handsome acting text, with an introduction 

 on the staging of the play. Tauihurlainc (the two parts con- 

 densed) was produced by the Yale Dramatic Association in June, 

 1919, and Edward II by students of Birkbeck College. London, in 

 December, 1920. 



The progress of Marlowe's reputation during the last century 

 can be roughly gauged by the succession of imaginative works 

 dealing with his life and death. The most important are the 

 following : 



1. Ludwig Tieck, Dichterlcbcn, 1826 



An interesting novel. The first part closes with the death of Marlowe, 

 slain by the rustic (Yorkshire) footman, Ingeram {sic). 



2. R. H. Home, The Death of Marloive, 1837 (New issue, 'with some 

 additions,' 1870). Reprinted in Bullen's Marlowe. A worthless piece, 

 grossly overpraised by Bullen, execrated by Swinburne. Marlowe is 

 slain at the Triple Tun, Blackfriars, by one Jacconot. 



3. Ernst von Wildenbruch, Chrisfoph Marlozv. Trauerspiel in vier Akten, 

 1884. A distinctly interesting, if over-sentimental and quite unhistoric, 

 play. It owes a large debt to Tieck. 



4. W. L. Courtney, Kit Marlozuc's Death. Printed in the Universal 

 Reviezv, 1890. Produced by Arthur Bourchier at the Shaftesbury 

 Theatre, July 4, 1890; revived at St. James's Theatre, 1892. 



5. James Dryden Hosken, Christopher Marlowe, A Tragedy, 1896. 



6. Josephine Preston Peabody, Marlowe, A Drama in Five Acts, 1901. 

 First acted at Radcliffe College, June 19, 20, 1905. 



7. Sara Hawks Sterling, Shakespeare's Sweetheart, 1905. 



Imaginary reminiscences of Anne Hathaway. Marlowe, a reckless but 

 inspired drunkard, plays Tybalt in Romeo and Juliet. 



8. Alfred Noyes, Talcs of the Mermaid Tavern, 1913. 



ii. A Coiner of Angels ; iv. The Sign of the Golden Shoe. 



9. Clemence Dane, ff'/7/ Shakespeare. A Four Act Drama in Blank \'erse. 



1922. Marlowe is accidentally killed by Shakespeare in the 

 third act. 



perhaps many of whom, were not educated in dramatic literature, as that 

 it should all these years have been neglected of managers.' (Cf. Athen- 

 aeum, March 7, 1914.) 



